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III. Children of Owen and Ruth :
47. Ann, b. 4th mo. 9, 1717, d. (before 1754).
48. Owen, b. 5th mo. 18, 1719, d. (before 1754).
49. Amos, born 4th mo. 25, 1721, m. Elizabeth Lewis. »
50. Samuel, b. 3d mo. 29, 1729 ; "he kept school at North Wales some time ago," the Family Record of 1797 says. He owned, for some time, the place (now Cardell's) where his grandfather, Thomas, had lived.
Children of Owen and Mary :
51. Margaret, (a minor in 1754), m. Aquilla Jones, son of Griffith, of Phila., dec'd, at Gwynedd m. h., Ioth mo. 25, 1759. " She left one daughter [Mary, b. 10th mo. 29, 1760], who married Marma- duke Cooper, of New Jersey, and she left one dau., now the wife of [Israel] Cope, in Arch St. near 8th." (Evans Rec., 1797.) Margaret and Aquilla Jones also had a son, Aquilla, b. 3d mo. 9, 1763.
II. (9.) EVAN EVANS, of Gwynedd, son of Thomas, b. in Wales, 1684, d. 5th mo. 26, 1747, m. at Haverford m. h., 7th mo. 13, 1713, ELIZABETH MUSGRAVE, dau. of Thomas, dec'd, yeoman, of Halifax, England. He was a preacher among
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the Friends, and a memorial of him by Gwynedd monthly meeting, in the collection of 1787, has already been cited (p. 89). He lived by the present mill on the Wissahickon, now (1884) belonging to Henry Mumbower. His will, dated 5th mo. 3, 1747, was proved Aug. 3 of that year. He leaves bequests to his sons Abraham, Jonathan, Mus- grave, David, and Daniel, and his dau. Barbara. He men- tions his wife's uncle, Jonathan Cockshaw. He appoints his wife Elizabeth and son Jonathan his executors, with author- ity to sell the farm he lives on, about 200 acres. He appoints his brother, Owen Evans, his consin, Thomas Evans, jr. (son of Owen), and William Foulke, trustees for his children.
III. Children of Evan and Elizabeth :
52. Jonathan, d. 1765, m. 1740, Hannah Walton. +
53. Abraham, m. 1747, Lydia Thomas.
54. Daniel, m. 1763, Eleanor Rittenhouse, (sister of David).
55. Barbara, m. Isaiah Bell.
56. Musgrave, d. 1769, m. 1753, Lydia Harry. ₺
57. David, d. 1817, aged 84, m. 1755, Letitia Thomas. ₺
(Three other children are mentioned in the Gwynedd Records : Han- nah, d. 1720 ; William, d. 1745 ; Hannah, d. 1745).
II. (14). HUGH EVANS, of Gwynedd, son of Robert, d. 1734, m. 8th mo. 23, 1719, MARGARET ROBERTS, dau. of Edward. He received, 1719, from his father, a deed for 275 acres of land, in the north-eastern part of Robert's original great tract - the part next the meeting-house. He lived probably at his father's house, now (1884) belonging to Silas White, and in his will (dated May 2, 1734, probated Oct. I, same year) makes provision for his parents living there. He leaves to his son Robert, the west side of his farm, " with the build- ings and improvements ; extending eastward to a fence about
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20 perches westward of the Great Road," and to his son Jesse the remainder of the farm, eastward of this fence. He names his sons Hugh, jr., and Edward, and daughters Anne, Sarah, and Mary. He appoints his wife executrix, and names as trustees for his minor children, his brother-in-law, Robert Roberts, his cousins, Evan Evans, Owen Evans, John Evans, and Thomas Evans ; and John Jones. MARGARET, his widow, m. 1747, Robert Jones, of Merion.
III. Children of Hugh and Margaret :
58. Robert, b. 5th mo. 26, 1720. (Was living 1748.)
59. Ann, b. 5th mo. 26, 1720 (twin with Robert). She m. Benjamin Davids, " the father of Hugh Davids, late dec'd, of Rahway, N. J., also of Hannah Jenks, Tacy Ogden, and others."-Evans Record, 1797.
60. Edward, b. 3d mo. 5, 1723. (Was living 1748.)
61. Jesse, m. Catharine Jones. ₱
62. Hugh. (Was living, a minor, 1748.)
63. Sarah, d. 5th mo. 31, 1745.
64. Mary, d. 5th mo. 31, 1745.
II. (15). EVAN EVANS, son of Robert, the immigrant. He m. and had ten children, of whom the fullest account I have found is in the copy of the Evans Genealogy in the posses- sion of Mr. Allen Childs. It (with some aid from Mr. Charles J. Wister's copy), refers to five of them as follows :
III. Children of Evan and
65. Jane, m. - Much.
66. Robert.
67. Edward, " late of South street" (1797), who had six children as follows :
I. Francis, d. infancy.
2. Mary, d. infancy.
3. Samuel, of N. Y., Captain U. S. N.
4. George, of N. C., Captain U. S. N.
5. John, Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., midshipman U. S. N.
6. Thomas, a sailor on brig Rattlesnake, Captain Moffatt.
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68. Thomas.
69. Katherine, m. - Jones, son of G. Jones, and they had a son Samuel, who m. Rebecca Morgan ; whose dau. Sarah m. John Childs, of North Carolina. A son of this last couple, also named John Childs, m. Mary Treby, dau. of Rev. Thomas and Margaret Allen ; and had issue nine children, of whom the second is Allen Childs, b. in North Carolina, 1844, now (1884) of Philadelphia. He m. 1878, Katherine, dau. of Col. John D. Kurtz, U. S. Engi- neer Corps, and has issue.
II. (21). THOMAS EVANS, of Gwynedd, son of Owen and Eliza- beth, d. 5th mo. 22, 1760, m. at Radnor m. h., 4th mo. 30, 1720, ELIZABETH GRIFFITH, dau. of Edward, of Merion, dec'd. In his will, dated March 13, 1760, and proved May 26, same year, he describes himself 1 as " innkeeper." He leaves his eldest son Owen 10 pounds, " he having received his portion heretofore," provides for his wife, ELIZABETH, and makes bequests of 20 to 50 pounds each to his daugh- ter Mary, and sons Edward, Griffith, and John. He men- tions his grandson William, son of his eldest son Owen, appoints his son Thomas executor, and says : " I direct him to sell all my land the east side the Philadelphia road, situate between ye lands of Rowland Evans, on the one side, and Peter Lukens, Cadwallader Jones, and Ballas Wick on the other." He also names his cousins John Jones, Rowland Evans, and Samuel Evans, overseers.
III. Children of Thomas and Elizabeth :
6912 . Jane, b. 11th mo. 15, 1723.
70. Owen, "the father of Isaiah Evans, who d. in 1808, in Phila- delphia ; of Jane, who m. Alexander Scott, of Elizabeth, who d. unm.," (making her home, at her decease, " at the house of John Evans, sen., at North Wales,") and of William, named in his grandfather's will.
1 The Evans document of 1797 says he " was a farmer and kept a tavern in the same place " where his father, Owen, had lived, -i.e. either the Ellen H. Evans place, or that of Samuel Beaver, east of the turnpike.
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71. Griffith, b. 5th mo. 29, 1735.
72. John, b. Ioth mo. 1, 1737.
73. Thomas, b. Ist mo. 24, 1733, m. Elizabeth Roberts. +
74. Edward, b. 9th mo. 4, 1730.
75. Mary, b. 1728, d. unm.
(The Gwynedd records shows the deaths of children of Thomas and Elizabeth, as follows : Edward, 1728 ; Elizabeth, 5th mo. 5, 1745.)
II. (23.) ROBERT EVANS, of Gwynedd, son of Owen, d. Septem- ber, 1746, m. Ist, at Radnor mtg., 3d mo. 30, 1717, ELLEN GRIEFITH, dau. of Edward, of Upper Merion ; 2d, at Gwyn- edd m. h., 3d mo. 2, 1729, RUTH RICHARD, dau. of Rowland, late of Tredyffrin, Chester county. ROBERT's will was dated 7th mo. (September) 8, 1746, and probated October I, indi- cating very closely the time of his death. He leaves to his two sons, Evan and Robert, " the messuage and tract of land situate the west side [of ] and divided from my other land by the road leading from North Wales meeting-house to Ply- mouth meeting-house," containing about ten acres, his wife, RUTH, to have a right to live on it, however, till his said sons were of age. He makes bequests to his " eldest son " Owen, to his son Peter, and to his daughter Catharine, wife of Peter Jones, and names as his " minor children" Evan, Robert (both named above), Ellin, Sarah, Elizabeth, Ruth, and one yet unborn, but expected. He appoints his wife RUTH ex- ecutrix, with power to sell the farm he lives on, about 150 acres. He appoints his brothers John and Thomas Evans, his brother-in-law Samuel Richards, and his uncle, Joseph Jones, and his cousin John Evans, overseers and trustees. He describes himself in his will as " of Gwynedd, yeoman."
III. Children of Robert and Ellen :
76. Catharine, b. Ist mo. 9, 1718, m. 3d mo. 15, 1740, at Gwynedd m. h., Peter Jones, son of Peter, of Merion.
77. Owen, b. Ist mo 9, 1719-20. (Living in 1746.)
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78. Peter, b. 1722, m. Mary Thomas. ₱
79. James, b. Ist mo 14, 1724 : d. prob. before 1746.
[The above children were living when their mother d .; in 1727, their father, in a deed as administrator of her estate, names them as her heirs. James, not being named in his father's will, 1746, was probably then d.]
Children of Robert and Ruth :
80. Evan.
81. Robert, "a house-carpenter, living in 5th St., Philadelphia, d. prior to 1820. He had a son John, who lived in 6th St. above Race, and had two sons, Robert and William." (Family Record.) 1
82. Ellin, m. Jeremiah McVeagh, "and has left several daughters in Pikeland, and one son."
83. Sarah, d. 8th mo. 6, 1759, unm.
84. Elizabeth.
85. Ruth, m. - Scotten. "She is the mother of Priscilla and Scotten, now bonnet-makers in Strawberry alley." (Fam. Rec., 1797-1815).
86. (Posthumous). This was probably Jane, b. Ist mo. 22, 1747, d. 3d mo. 23, 1832, m. Atkinson Hughs, father of Atkinson Hughes, of Horsham.
[] In a letter to the Author, 4th mo. 4, 1896, Arthur Peterson, of Philadelphia, says: "This Robert Evans, I have very little doubt, is my great-great-grandfather, who, I have always understood, originally came from Gwynedd. He bought two houses from Caleb Cresson, on the west side of 5th street above Arch, one in 1768, and onc in 1772, and lived in one of them until his death. He had one son, John Evans, who m., June 5, 1792, Rachel Ridgway. Among the children of John and Rachel Evans was Jane, who m., Jan. 9, 1812, George Peterson, a Quaker of Swedish descent. Their children were :
"I. Dr. Robert Evans Peterson (d.), publisher, father of Mrs. George W. Childs.
"2. Rachel Evans Peterson (d.), m Edmund Deacon.
" 3. Henry Peterson (d.), author and publisher.
"4. Richard Peterson (d.), iron manufacturer.
"5. Anna Peterson, m. Amos R. Little.
"6. Pearson Peterson (d.), banker.
"7. Helen Longstreth Peterson, m. Charles Deacon.
"8. Philena Marshall Peterson, m. William E. Newhall.
" The two houses on 5th street Robert Evans bequeathed to his grand-daughters, Jane Peterson and Rachel Love, daughters of John Evans."-Note, 1896.]
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II. (25.) EVAN EVANS, of Gwynedd, son of Owen, d. 8th mo. 7, 1728, "aged 44," which would make his birth in 1684. He m., 2d mo. 13, 1715, PHOEBE MILES, (b. 4th mo. 20, 1690), son of Samuel (dec'd), and Margaret of Radnor. His will is dated 8th mo. 4, 1728, and was proved Oct. 22, same year. He gives to his two sons Samuel and Nathan "the plantation and tract of land" he lives on, his wife PHŒBE to have "her lawful thirds." He names also his sons Joseph and Miles, and dau. Elizabeth. He appoints as trustees his three brothers, John, Robert, and Thomas, his two brothers-in-law, Thomas Thomas, and Owen Evans,1 and his cousin John Evans. PHŒBE, with her children, re- moved after her husband's death within the limits of Haver- ford monthly meeting, as is shown by their certificate from Gwynedd, presented at Haverford, 2d mo. 29, 1729.
III. Children of Evan and Phæbe :
87. Elizabeth, b. 11th mo. 26, 1715, m. - Meredith. "She had one daughter, Phebe, who m. Isaac Williams, of Whitemarsh, and is now dec'd. She [Phebe Williams] now dec'd, left two daughters, one of whom m. a son of Isaac Potts."-Doc't of 1797.2
88. Samuel, b. 6th mo. 17, 1718, d. 8th mo. 14, 1728.
89. Nathan, b. 1720, d. 1758, or '59, m. Ruth Morgan. #
90. Joseph, b. 9th mo. 18, 1723, "the father of William Ashby's wife."
91. Miles (named in his father's will).
1 This was Owen Evans (8), the J. P, son of Thomas ; he m. Ruth Miles, sister to PHOEBE, here mentioned.
2 It seems best again to caution the reader that this Record of 1797 was added to somewhat later, as appears by the memorandum made upon it by Charles Evans, (and referred to in this volume at p. 58), and that when it mentions things as "now ' existing, or as having occurred, it cannot be strictly depended upon to mean the year 1797, but may mean a date later,-say as late as 1815.
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II. (30.) JOHN EVANS, of Gwynedd, son of Cadwalader, b. in Denbighshire, Wales, 1689, d. at Gwynedd, 9th mo. 23, 1756, m. ELEANOR ELLIS, dau. of Rowland,1 of Merion, at Merion m. h., 4th mo. 8, 1715. ELEANOR, b. near Dol- gellau, Merionethshire, Wales, 1685, d. 4th mo. 29, 1765. JOHN was a preacher of eminence among the Friends : details concerning him in that capacity have been elsewhere given in this volume (p. 85.) His will, dated 9th mo. 16, 1756, was proved June 22, 1757. He leaves to his dau. Jane Hubbs the life right, with remainder to her children, of a lot of 21/2 acres, "part of the tract of 100 acres which I hold, to be laid out for her the west side of Montgomery road, adjoining George Maris's field." He gives his daughters, Margaret, Ellen, and Elizabeth, 50 acres, "to be divided off the upper end, next Owen Evans's land." He mentions his sons Rowland and John, and appoints them and his son Cadwalader executors.
III. Children of John and Eleanor :
92. Cadwalader, b. 1716, d. 1773, m. Jane Owen.
93. Rowland, b. 1717-18, d. 1789, m. Susanna Foulke. +
94. Margaret, b. 5th mo. 26, 1719, m. Anthony Williams ; but left no issue.
95. Jane,2 b. Ist mo. 30, 1721, m. John Hubbs. "She left two sons,
1 Rowland Ellis traced his descent through a long line, including the Nannau family, of Wales .- See T. A. Glenn's Merion in the Welsh Tract.
2 A letter from Eleanor Evans, of Gwynedd, to Mary Pemberton, of Philadelphia, dated 20th of 7th mo., 1762, preserved among the Pemberton papers, says : " I should take it kind [if] any of my good friends, of Philadelphia, particularly thyself, would call to see my Daughter, Jenny Hubbs. I know thou, dear friend, Loves ye afflicted, such an one indeed is she. [She] lives now at Kinsington. It's but a short step from ye great road to her house, when thou art goeing up to thy countrey seat at Germantown. She had her certificate read and signed here. I suppose she will produce It at your next monthly meeting."
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John and Charles, and three1 daughters, Rachel, Ellen, and Mary. Ellen m., 1781, Amos Lewis, of Upper Dublin [son of Ellis Lewis, 2d, and his first wife Mary], and Rachel also m., 1785, Amos Lewis .- (See Lewis Genealogy).
96. Ellen, b. 11th mo. 21, 1722, m., at Gwynedd m. h., 12th mo. 18, 1764, Ellis Lewis, 2d [widower], of Upper Dublin. Ellis d. 1783 ; Ellen survived him .- (See Lewis Genealogy.)
97. John, b. 1724, d. 1727.
98. Elizabeth, b. 6th mo. 26, 1726, d. 3d mo. 6, 1805, unmarried. She is mentioned as living with her bro. John, and giving the information embodied by her nephew in the Evans Record. Her will, dated 5th mo. 13, 1804, was proved March, 1805. She mentions her niece, Margaret Hubbs, to whom she leaves her " chest of drawers " and wearing apparel. She devises to Jesse Foulke and William Foulke, of Gwynedd, and John Jones, of Montgomery, in trust, a lot of land, in Gwynedd, purchased of Jesse Evans, for the use of Gwynedd Preparative Meeting. To her brother John Evans she leaves the residue of her estate, real and personal, appointing him executor.
99. John, b. 1730, d. 1807. m. Margaret Foulke. ₺
III. (38.) THOMAS EVANS, of Gwynedd, son of Robert, "of Merion," and Sarah, b. 4th mo. 22, 1707, m. Ist, 1730, KATHERINE JONES (who d. IIth mo. 21, 1732), dau. of Robert, of Merion; 2d, HANNAH MORRIS (who d. 6th mo. 22, 1760) ; 3d, 10th mo. 9, 1764, MARY BROOKE, of Lim- erick (who d. 7th mo 14, 1805, aged 84). THOMAS appears to have received from his father the latter's land in Gwyn- edd, 230 acres, lying along the Swedes' Ford road (now the property, chiefly, of Jacob B. Rhoads), it being that which Thomas, the original purchaser, had sold to Robert, when he was dividing up his great tract. THOMAS d. in 1784;
1 See Elizabeth Evans' mention of her niece Margaret Hubbs. This appears at first sight to indicate a fourth daughter of Jane, but probably she was Elizabeth's grand-niece.
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his will is dated Ist mo. 6, and was proved May 3, in that year. He leaves his wife MARY £250 in "good money," exclusive of an annuity of £12 derived from lands in Lim- erick township; and numerous other bequests and privileges of residence, etc. To his son Hugh, "my messuage and plantation in Gwynedd, where I now dwell, about 230 acres." He leaves legacy to his daughter Sarah, widow of George Geary; mentions her three children; also the two sons of his daughter Catherine Foulke, Thomas and Samuel (they both minors); his daughter Mary, his daughter Susanna, and her children. He makes his son Hugh and his daughters Susanna, Ann, Mary, and Hannah residuary legatees. MARY EVANS, his widow, survived him over twenty years; her will, dated May 25, 1802, was proved in August, 1805, at Norristown. In it she describes herself as " of Gwynedd, widow," and "advanced in years." She leaves numerous bequests : to the children of her sister Ann Hilles, £20 each; to the children of her sister Mar- garet £20 each ; her " ten plate stove for the use and bene- fit of the school under the direction of Friends' Preparative Meeting of Gwynedd " ; to Hannah Spencer £10; to niece Phebe Wood, £10; to Sarah Geary, £10; to Samuel Evans, £10; to Sarah Evans, relict of Hugh Evans, £10; to her [Sarah's] son, Hugh Evans, £5 and "my Franklin stove in the front parlor"; to Thomas Evans, £8; to Thomas Foulke, son of Joshua, £5 ; to Abraham Upde- grave, £10; to John Barlow, of Limerick township, “one moiety of all the annuities that may be due and unpaid, aris- ing from the premises on which he resides." She appoints Levi Foulke and Joseph Shoemaker executors.
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IV. Children of Thomas and Katherine :
100. Sarah, b. 6th mo. 8, 1731, d. 9th mo. 25, 1808, m. George Geary, who d. before 1784, and had issue 3 children.
IOI. Katherine, b. IIth mo. 14, 1732, m. 12th mo. 20, 1763, Joshua Foulke, of Gwynedd, son of Edward, and had issue. (See Foulke Genealogy.)
Children of Thomas and Hannah :
102. Susanna, b. Ist mo. 3, 1737, m. and had issue, and was living in 1784 (as appears by her father's will).
103. Ann, b. 7th mo. 21, 1740, m. Levi Foulke. (See Foulke Gen'gy).
104. Mary, b. 10th mo. 31, 1741, m. 6th mo. 10, 1784, " Richard Hum- phreys, the elder, son of John and Mary, late of Oxford twp., dec'd," and, subsequently (according to the Record of 1797), William Wilson.
105. Hannah, b. 5th mo. 26, 1745, d. 6th mo. 22, 1832, m. IIth mo. 22, 1774, Jarret Spencer, son of Jacob, of Moreland.
106. Hugh, b. 8th mo. 9, 1747. He m. Sarah -, and d. in 1792. His estate was settled by his widow, and George Maris and Levi Foulke, adm'rs. The farm which he had inherited from his father was divided between Joseph Evans and Thomas Evans, by a sur- vey made in October, 1812, by Cadwallader Foulke. They were sons of Hugh and Sarah : Joseph, b. 12th mo. 11, 1785 ; Thomas, b. 8th mo. 8, 1787.
III. (49). AMOS EVANS, of Merion, son of Owen and Ruth, of Gwynedd, b. 4th mo. 25, 1721, m. ELIZABETH LEWIS. They removed within the limits of Haverford m. m., presenting a certificate from Gwynedd m. m., dated 9th mo., 1742.
IV. Children of Amos and Elizabeth :
1024. Owen, b. 4th mo. 18, 1746.
103a. Ruth, b. Ioth mo. 28, 1749.
104a. Ann, b. 2d mo. 2, 1752, m. Dr. John Davis.
105a. Lydia, b. Ioth mo. 23, 1754.
106a. Rebekah, b. 6th mo. 4, 1757.
107. Hannah.
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108. Rose, d. before 1794, m. Charles Willing,1 son of Thomas, and had issue : Elizabeth, m. Marshall B. Spring, of Boston, Mass. ; Thomas, d. 1834 ; Richard, d. 1833.
III. (52.) JONATHAN EVANS, of Philadelphia, son of Evan and Elizabeth, of Gwynedd, m., 4th mo. 19, 1740, HANNAH WAL- TON, dau. of Michael, of Philadelphia. JONATHAN d. 2d mo. 3, 1795, aged 81. HANNAH d. 4th mo. 23, 1800, aged 85.
IV. Children of Jonathan and Hannah :
109. Elizabeth, b. 1741, d. 1746.
IIO. Samuel, b. 1742, d. 1744.
III. Joel b. 12th mo. 24, 1743, d. in Jamaica, date not known. Heis probably the Joel, " merchant," of Philadelphia, mentioned Vol. II., Sabine's Loyalists.2
112. Mary, b. Ioth mo. 7, 1746, d. 6th mo. 14, 1794, m. Adam Hubley. 113. William, b. 3d mo. 4, 1749. He went with the Loyalists, in the Revolution, and his property was confiscated. See Sabine, Vol. II.
114. Benjamin, b. 9th mo. 16, 1751, d. 1793.
115. John, b. 3d mo. 30, 1753, d. 1798, in New York. He is probably the John mentioned with Joel and William above, in Sabine, Vol. II.
116. Jonathan, b. 1759, d. 1839, m. Hannah Bacon. }
III. (53.) ABRAHAM EVANS, of Merion, son of Evan, m., at Rad- nor m. h., 8th mo. 8, 1747, LYDIA THOMAS, dau. of William, of Lower Merion.
IV. Children of Abraham and Lydia :
117. Evan, m., 1771, Mary Harmon.
1 See Keith's Prov. Councillors of Penna. (p. 97).
2 Joel's property, an undivided half of an estate in Blockley, Philadelphia county, was confiscated by the Executive Council of Penna., and sold for {15,000 Continental money. (Colonial Records, Vol. XII., p. 617). His brother William's property, a two- story carpenter shop, and lot of ground, on the north side of Pine St., between 3d and 4th, Philadelphia, was confiscated and sold to Benjamin Evans. (Colonial Records, XII., p. 97.) In these sales one-fourth of the money was retained to become the prin- cipal of a ground rent, the annual income of which was payable to the University of Pennsylvania. On Joel's land the rent was to be 712 bushels, and on William's property, 41/2 bushels, per annum, of "good merchantable wheat."
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118. Elisha,1 " who keeps a tavern at Norristown " [1797]. [And other children; names not obtained].
III. (54.) DANIEL EVANS, of Philadelphia, blacksmith, son of Evan, Gwynedd, m. " at a public meeting in Plymouth," 4th mo. 14, 1763, ELEANOR RITTENHOUSE, dau. of Matthias, of Worcester township. (She was a sister of David Ritten- house, the mathematician, who signs as one of the witnesses of the marriage). I have no data concerning their children, if they had any.
III. (56.) MUSGRAVE EVANS, of Philadelphia, cooper, son of Evan, of Gwynedd, m. at Radnor m. h., 12th mo, 12, 1753, LYDIA HARRY, dau. of Samuel, of Radnor.
IV. Children of Musgrave and Lydia :
119. Sarah.
120. Martha.
121. Ann.
122. Thomas.
III. (57.) DAVID EVANS, "of Spruce St.," Philadelphia, house carpenter, son of Evan, of Gwynedd, m. Aug. 10, 1755, LE- TITIA THOMAS, of Radnor. DAVID d. 1817, aged 84, and was bu. at Friends' ground, 4th and Arch Sts.2 This couple had a large family of children, but only part of their names, as follows, have been obtained.
IV. Children of David and Letitia :
123. Letitia, b. roth mo. 15, 1759, d. 1780, m. Richard Moore, son of Mordecai and Elizabeth, and had issue one child, Letitia, who m.
1 Cadwalader Evans, now [1884] of Bridgeport, Montg. Co., is a son of Elisha. See Auge's Men of Montgomery County, p. 460. (Jared B. Evans, d. Jefferson Co., Pa., March 28, 1891, was another son).
? Was it this David Evans who went with Dr. Parrish to New England, in the winter of 1775-6, to distribute supplies to the people around Boston, destitute by reason of the siege ?- See Penna. Mag., Vol. I., p 168.
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her first cousin, Levin H. Jackson. (Richard Moore, b. 1745, d. 1829).
124. Gulielma, b. 12th mo. 14, 1762.
125. Charles, b. March 30, 1768, d. Sept. 5, 1847. (He was the seventh child of his parents.) Settling in Reading, Penna., he became a prominent lawyer, acquired wealth, and founded the beautiful cemetery of that city now known by his name. He d. unmarried 126. David, b 6th mo. 26, 1770.
III. (61.) JESSE EVANS, of Gwynedd, son of Hugh, m. 4th mo. 19, 1750, CATHERINE JONES, dau. of John, of Horsham. The Family Record of 1797 refers to him as having " formerly lived where George Maris lives." He was a tailor by trade, as well as a farmer, and, in 1755, sold the 55 12 acres left him by his father (which included the present dwelling of Dr. M. R. Knapp, the dwelling and store of Wm. H. Jenkins, and the Acuff hotel property), to George Maris, for 270 pounds. He then bought of Hugh Evans, of Merion, Thomas's son, the property now owned [1884] by Jacob B. Bowman. Of his children no list has been obtained. .
III. (73.) THOMAS EVANS, of Gwynedd, son of Thomas, b. Ist mo. 24, 1733, d. 9th mo. 3, 1818, m. 1765, ELIZABETH ROBERTS (b. IIth mo. 19, 1740, d. 1794), dau. of John and Jane Roberts, of Whitpain. (See Roberts Genealogy.) The Family Record of 1797 speaks of him as living where his father did (the farm now occupied by Ellen H. Evans), and calls him familiarly, "Tommy Evans."
IV. Children of Thomas and Elizabeth :
127. Jane, b. I Ith mo. 13th, 1766, d. 5th mo. 18, 1781, unm.
128. Caleb, b. 1768, d. 1855, m. Catharine Conrad, Agnes Roberts. ? 129. Tacy, b. Ist mo. 10, 1770, d. 5th mo. 4, 1840, m. 1819, Ellis Cleaver (d. 1829), son of Ezekiel and Mary.
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